Long Lake Yarns

As a child and teenager, I’d fished with my dad for about two weeks each summer while we rented a cottage near Zink’s Point on Elk Lake.  I liked that, quite a bit, and never more than when others were catching fish and I was just getting bites and not hooking them.  My dad babied [...]

Since I’ve already written about Lucy Neatby in my last post, I’ll just talk about her sock finesse. The checkered socks–well, cute and fun to make. The ruffled cuff is such a nice touch. But the biking socks.  Oh my. The overall pattern is designed to resemble the links on a bike chain. At each [...]

Lucy Neatby is one of my favorite knitting designers.  I tend to the small projects, so her sock patterns have been a favorite over the years.  They can be challenging, but Lucy does a wonderful  job of simplifying instructions for what at first looks very complex.  Best of all–her patterns have no mistakes in them! [...]

As you can tell from the snow on the Hillman airport, this is not yesterday’s (Father’s Day) eagle photo.  Yesterday no camera captured the drama on the west shore of the big part of Long Lake, not far from the narrows.  We watched from our dock on the eastern shore. “Look, that’s a bald eagle flying over [...]

My last post complained about people’s golfballs ending up in Long Lake.  This Saturday, a pontoon boot was moving slowly through our small bay, close to shore.  At first, I didn’t understand what its occupants were up to.  One fellow was draped over the bow of the boat and seemed to be scooping something up [...]